Facebook has begun rolling out new profile pages redesigned to clear away clutter from "Timelines" that chronicle member postings at the leading social network. "We heard from you that the current timeline layout is sometimes hard to ...
From a glove that can be used as a mobile phone to a remote-controlled spy helicopter: this year's CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, showcases a bewildering array of gadgets. For geeks in cold climates, China-based firm Winnershine ...
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The Commonwealth Bank has launched its smartphone banking app Kaching as a social app that can be accessed from within Facebook. Customers can make payments to Facebook Events, and gift payments to friends and family from within the ...
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Facebook has blocked Vintage Camera, an Instagram-like photo app, from accessing its API (application programming interface). The move follows the recent blocking of other apps by the social networking giant. Vintage Camera is an app for ...
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Facebook has updated its policies for third-party application developers in a bid to explain why Twitter’s new Vine video-sharing app is unable to access Facebook’s friend-finder tool. While the updated policies don’t ...
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The microblogging service announced a new video service that allows users to capture and share brief, looping videos. The service uses the same brevity concept as tweets. Users are only allowed to capture a video in 6 seconds or less, ...
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A Grande Vegas Casino player had a dream come true the other day when she won a $6330 slots jackpot the day after fantasizing about it on Facebook. The casino is rewarding players with monthly cash prizes for posting a lifelong dream on ...
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Users of Microsoft's Bing search engine can now see a wider range of Facebook content from their friends appear alongside search results, part of an effort by Microsoft to make the site more social. When a person runs a query in Bing, the ...
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The updated Bing search engine adds more information from Facebook friends when searching. The revamped search option is expanding beyond Facebook likes, photos and profile information that relate to searches. Bing search will now show ...
CrossComm, Inc. announced today the launch of GoalWorthy.com, a free social game for discovering new life goals, earning points for life achievements, and sharing life victories with family and friends. In addition to the GoalWorthy.com ...
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Radio Runt,a Seattle-based technology company focused on introducing innovative communications solutions,today announced the launch of its new free Rallee walkie-talkie app as well as a$1 million investment from international business ...
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Facebook has reported fixing a flaw that made it possible to snoop on private New Year's Eve messages sent using a "Midnight Delivery" service. Facebook took "Midnight Delivery" offline temporarily to patch a vulnerability pointed out by ...
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A unique 3D spin on the classic "match three" arcade experience, this addicting game charges players to go against an uber monster cube made of smaller multi-colored monster cubes. Monster Juice, an established mobile game developer, is ...
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Zac Christensen, 16, admits he was "a little bummed." "Just at first," he said. "But not once I thought about it." Instead of piling gifts under the Christmas tree this year, his parents, Janice and Jason Christensen, of Downers Grove, ...
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Think you need another social network? Well, Microsoft thinks you do. That's why the software company on Thursday opened up the doors to Socl, a new social network. Socl, which is pronounced Social, quietly launched in May. Coming out ...
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